The full version of eFootball has finally been released but it's still missing some of the PES series' major modes.
Master League, Team Play, Co-Op, Match Lobby, and Edit are all missing from the 1.0 update that promised to turn the game from what Konami called "basically a demo" into the fully-fledged version of its new soccer series.
These modes "will unfortunately not be included in v1.0.0", the game's official Twitter account tweeted (below). "We ask for your kind patience until they are ready," it said.
Lastly, we have received a lot of questions regarding 'Master League', 'Edit', 'Team Play', 'Co-op' and 'Match Lobby' (where you can create a room to play with your friends).
— eFootball (@play_eFootball) April 14, 2022
They will unfortunately not be included in v1.0.0. We ask for your kind patience until they are ready.
The missing Master League is the manager mode from PES where players start with a basic team and build it up to brilliance. It's something of a signature mode for the PES series, but it seems Konami is placing less importance on it having shifted to eFootball for th enewest iteration.
The absence of Match Lobby (which let players create an online room for playing with friends) and Co-Op also severely limits the ability to play with others that PES was known for.
The development team said last week it was working to "regain the trust" of players after a pretty disastrous launch last October and the new update has made several improvements to the previous version of eFootball (that IGN said was awful).
Most gameplay mechanics received changes, including to defending, passing, and shooting, while on a team level options were added that let players change formations, alter player roles, deploy tactics, and so on.
Arguably the biggest addition comes in the Dream Team mode, previously called Creative Team, which allows players to combine a mixture of their own players with real-life soccer stars to form their perfect team.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.